The Curious Life of the Spic & Span Dry Cleaners Building Kate Wietor January 11, 2023 The closure of Spic & Span Dry Cleaners at 841 National Road is truly the end of an era. The dry cleaning business and laundromat had a good 95-year run, and saw three generations of family leadership. ...
Faris and Giesey: A Dynamic Duo Who Made Their Mark on Wheeling Through Architecture Kate Wietor June 13, 2022 Throughout the years, Wheeling has been home to several well-known architects. We've previously covered some of the iconic buildings designed by Charles W. Bates and Edward Bates Franzheim and today two more Wh...
Can You Identify These 10 Wheeling Architectural Details? Part 2 Kate Wietor June 3, 2022 Do you remember the photo scavenger hunt we posted last June? We had so much fun scoping out odds and ends to feature, we thought we’d go another round. Like last time, see if you can guess the location of thes...
Celebrate Preservation Month With These Five Franzheim Buildings Kate Wietor May 17, 2022 You don’t have to be a student of architecture to appreciate the wealth of historic buildings in Wheeling. While the skyline has changed a bit over the years, many of these gems remain intact and are home to bu...
This Architect Designed Many of Wheeling’s Iconic Buildings Kate Wietor May 16, 2022 What do the Wheeling Clinic, Capitol Theatre, and Twelfth Street Parking Garage have in common? Bricks? Terracotta? Cartouches? Well yes, but in addition, they are three of the many buildings designed by the ar...
Wheeling Man’s Hobby Proves ‘It’s a Small World’ Taylor Abbott August 19, 2020 The world today is a small one. Just think about it. With a few connecting flights you can literally find yourself on the other side of the planet in less than 24 hours. Have an urge to talk to that friend who’...
She Bought the House ‘Because It Felt Like Home’ Betsy Sweeny August 12, 2020 I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about home lately. First, because I’m stuck in mine, and mostly, because I bought one. Well, sort of. I bought a house because it felt like home. It is a unique time to be t...
In Pittsburgh: Church Brew Works and The Breezer Brothers Gerry Griffith April 27, 2017 The Beezer Brothers—Pittsburgh’s Twin Architects—Revisit one of their Legacy Projects and Find a Brewery Instead of a Church Architects Louis Beezer, and his twin brother Michael died more than 8 d...
West Virginia Governor Names Scatterday to Board of Architects LeeRoy January 16, 2017 West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin recently named Wheeling resident Wendy Scatterday, AIA to the West Virginia Board of Architects. She is the first female professional, licensed architect to be appointed ...
Eckhart House Offers World Of Wheeling History Steve Novotney October 6, 2016 1 He is most informed of the years important to Wheeling’s history, and she is well versed in the classic traditions such as “High Tea” as well as proper etiquette, and together this couple molds that collective ...
My Log House Adventure Don Feenerty August 25, 2016 My wife and I are at a place in our lives where travel is not as important to us as it used to be. We liked traveling to far away lands. Now we are much more interested in traveling to far away times....
Resurrection Cometh for Mt. Carmel Monastery Steve Novotney July 31, 2016 11 They chose an existence behind towering walls, a spiked, steel grille, and solitary prayer and absolute poverty while living away from their friends and families never to be seen again by a member of society. ...
Victorian North Wheeling, A Place to Call Home Angela Zambito Hill December 14, 2014 2 By Angela Zambito Hill Weelunk Contributor When I travel, I enjoy studying urban residential architecture and going on period home tours. Learning about the history of homes and the people that inhabited ...
